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name: "Josh Saviano"
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born: "31 March 1976"
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# Josh Saviano

Actor. Born 31 March 1976 in White Plains.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 March 1976, White Plains

## Biography

Josh Saviano is an American lawyer and former child actor. He was born on 31 March 1976 in White Plains, New York, and began acting as a young child with a one-line role in a commercial for Aim toothpaste. He later appeared in a Broadway production of *The Nerd* as an understudy.

Saviano is best known for playing Paul Joshua Pfeiffer, the best friend of the title character, in the ABC series *The Wonder Years* (1988–1993). His other acting credits include the films *The Wrong Guys* (1988) and *Camp Cucamonga* (1990), and guest appearances on *Reading Rainbow* and *The Ray Bradbury Theater*. After the series ended, he attended Yale University and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, qualifying as a lawyer. He returned to television in three episodes of *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (2014–2016) as Don Taft.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Wonder Years* (1988), Fi1m 82, as Paul Joshua Pfeiffer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md)

## Also known for

- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), Don Taft
- *Reading Rainbow* (1983), Self - Narrator (voice)

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